---
name: "Barry Mendel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-mendel"
fi1m_id: "barry-mendel"
imdb_id: "nm0578814"
tmdb_id: 5664
wikidata_id: "Q809074"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-25T00:34:37.719261+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Barry Mendel

## Identity

Barry Mendel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-mendel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-mendel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0578814
- **TMDB ID:** 5664
- **Wikidata ID:** Q809074
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Mendel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578814/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5664

Producer. Born 1 January 1963 in California.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, California
- **Active:** 1998–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [M. Night Shyamalan](https://film.one/person/m-night-shyamalan.md), [Bruce Willis](https://film.one/person/bruce-willis.md), [Chris O'Dowd](https://film.one/person/chris-odowd.md), [Olivia Williams](https://film.one/person/olivia-williams.md), [Owen Wilson](https://film.one/person/owen-wilson.md), [Rose Byrne](https://film.one/person/rose-byrne.md), [Wes Anderson](https://film.one/person/wes-anderson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as producer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 72 (5), 2010s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 70 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Thriller 5, Comedy 4, Mystery 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,631m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Mendel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809074, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578814/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5664

## Coming up

- *The Comeback King* (2027-02-03), Executive Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Sixth Sense*](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*Bridesmaids*](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md) (82)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Juliet, Naked*](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md) (70)
- **Peacock:** [*The Happening*](https://film.one/film/the-happening.md) (38)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Barry Mendel (born 1963) is an American film producer. His first feature credit was as producer of Wes Anderson’s *Rushmore* (1998).

He went on to produce M. Night Shyamalan’s *The Sixth Sense* (1999) and *Unbreakable* (2000), Anderson’s *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001) and *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), Steven Spielberg’s *Munich* (2005), Joss Whedon’s *Serenity* (2005), and several films with Judd Apatow, including *Bridesmaids* (2011), *Trainwreck* (2015) and *The King of Staten Island* (2020).

Films he has produced have received multiple Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *The Happening* (2008), Fi1m 38, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-happening.md)
- *Munich* (2005), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *Serenity* (2005), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/serenity.md)
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *Unbreakable* (2000), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)
- *The Sixth Sense* (1999), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md)
- *Rushmore* (1998), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Comeback King* (2027), Executive Producer
- *The Bubble* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The King of Staten Island* (2020), Producer
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *The Big Sick* (2017), Producer
- *Trainwreck* (2015), Producer
- *God Help the Girl* (2014), Producer
- *This Is 40* (2012), Producer
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *Shanghai* (2010), Producer
- *Peacock* (2010), Producer
- *Funny People* (2009), Producer
- *Whip It* (2009), Producer
- *Inkheart* (2008), Producer
- *The Happening* (2008), Producer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-happening.md)
- *Munich* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/munich.md)
- *Serenity* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/serenity.md)
- *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), Producer
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *Unbreakable* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/unbreakable.md)
- *The Sixth Sense* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sixth-sense.md)
- *Rushmore* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2006: Best Picture (nominated), for *Munich*
- 2000: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Sixth Sense*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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